Document, 1780 February 22
- Title:
- Document, 1780 February 22
- Library Location:
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Name:
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Format:
- correspondence
- Digital Project:
- Papers of John Jay
- Date:
- 1780 February 22
- Note:
- The entire content of the original has been digitized.
- Physical Description:
- 4
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary:
- Glad you arrived safely after the Confederacy failed. From what "I heard
in Spain" you should have success and hope you can make a treaty with same. Thanks to
Bilbao and Cadiz your communication from home will be better than ours--let us know
advice received. As for peace, "It seems to be the will of Heaven that the English
should have Success enough to lead them on to final Destruction." Late advantages have
intoxicated them.
- Identifier:
- columbia.jay.05406
Document, 1780 February 22
